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“It will take decades to recover from this, if we ever do.” America’s cancer research system, which has helped save millions of lives and is in one of its most productive moments, is under threat by the Trump administration.
Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer
America’s cancer research system, which has helped save millions of lives, is under threat in one of its most productive moments.
nyti.ms
September 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Is your red the same as my red?
September 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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August 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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These members of the NIH Council of Councils are voicing serious concerns about NIH grant terminations, restructure, and budget cuts

go.nature.com/46Vr8t2
Protect the integrity of the US National Institutes of Health
Letter to the Editor
go.nature.com
July 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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June 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Welp that was a great first half for the #USMNT. This send off match is crushing any limited small hopeful thoughts going into Gold Cup and World Cup. We are awful…
June 11, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Not a great sign for the future and future innovation and medical breakthroughs….
May 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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La Brigada De Oro, a vibrant Nashville SC’s supporters' group, is canceling game-day festivities today amid a wave of increased ICE activity.

"We're suffering. We're hurting a lot. We feel targeted."
Nashville’s Latin American supporters group halts game-day traditions amid ICE crackdown: "We feel targeted"
La Brigada De Oro, the heart of Nashville SC’s supporter culture, halts festivities as Latin American communities face heightened immigration enforcement and fear for their safety
www.sixonefivesoccer.com
May 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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A US judge to govt lawyers defending the NIH's grant terminations:

"I understand the administration is against DEI. Respectfully, I just don't know what you mean. This isn't a teasing question. There has to be some working definition.

This is research to advance healthcare for all our citizens."
May 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs.

Find out how your community may be impacted.

Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org

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March 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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We polled Nature readers to ask if they were thinking of leaving the US for jobs abroad. Three-quarters of them (who said they were US-based scientists) said yes. 🧪

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
www.nature.com
March 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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The Trump administration has canceled funding for an ongoing 30-year, nationwide study tracking patients with prediabetes and diabetes.
NIH cancels funding for landmark diabetes study at a time of focus on chronic disease
The Trump administration has canceled funding for an ongoing 30-year, nationwide study tracking patients with prediabetes and diabetes, researchers said.
buff.ly
March 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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A temporary outage of the US government-funded PubMed database of biomedical literature over the weekend sent many researchers globally into a panic

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
'Omg, did Pubmed go dark?' Blackout stokes fears about database’s future
A brief outage has focused attention on scientists’ reliance on the US-government-funded website.
www.nature.com
March 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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The Trump administration's efforts to slash research funding have US graduate students, postdocs and other early-career scientists fearing for their careers. Some might leave the country -- or abandon research altogether.

https://go.nature.com/43ao2zq
Postdocs and PhD students hit hard by Trump’s crackdown on science
As US federal grants remain frozen and budget cuts loom, anxiety and fear grip early-career researchers.
go.nature.com
February 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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President Donald Trump’s purge of federal employees is already harming the visitor experience at national parks across the country.
Long lines and canceled rentals: Firings bring chaos to national parks
Trump’s purge of federal employees is already harming the visitor experience at national parks across the country.
wapo.st
February 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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"What's at stake here, is the U.S.'s dominance in biomedical research"

i said what I said
February 12, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Incredible story in Science on the devastation caused by attempts to dismantle USAID www.science.org/content/arti...
‘It’s tectonic:’ U.S. foreign aid freeze deals a blow to research around the globe
Dismantling of USAID could disrupt clinical trials and wipe away U.S. “soft power” in developing countries, scientists warn
www.science.org
February 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM